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Yes Scotland chief executive issues statement on 'missing £1.5m' – read in full

Yes Scotland chief executive Blair Jenkins pictured with Nicola Sturgeon in 2013 (Image: PA)

THERE is no “missing £1.5 million” in the Yes Scotland accounts and former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell never had access to the campaign group’s funding, Yes Scotland boss Blair Jenkins has said.

In a statement issued through his lawyer Aamer Anwar, Jenkins – who was chief executive of Yes Scotland during the 2014 independence referendum campaign – said claims that £1.5m had gone missing from the group’s accounts were “based on a very basic misunderstanding”.

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